TRUTH
(I
Thess. 5:23) Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may
your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
We are three part beings. We are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live
in a body. Our body is our flesh. Our soul is our mind, will, and
emotions. Our spirit man is the very
core of our being that lives forever. It
can be thought of as the heart. Each
part has a voice. The voice of the body
sounds like, “Give me pizza.” The voice
of the soul sounds like, “I therefore deduce that…” The voice of the spirit sounds like, “Give me
God’s words of spirit and life.”
When all three parts of your being are focused on the task
fully in God’s will for you to do, you are in the realm of overcoming power. (Ecc
4:12) Though one may be overpowered by
another, two can withstand him. And a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
In calculus there is the concept called integration. If you have your body in the classroom, but
your mind is wandering, and your heart is not in it, you are not one, but dis-integrated. If your body is in the class and your mind is
there, but your heart is not in it, then you are not one, but dis-integrated.
If your body was not in class, but you told the teacher you were there
in spirit, you were not one, but
dis-integrated.
Do not have as a model people that pride themselves in
doing several things at once. God is
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God shows
us the Way. The very first of the first
commandment is “Hear O